Kennedy: Chattanooga woman bucked tradition to raise a family in China
During the Great Depression, Chattanooga native Grace McCallie Divine made an unconventional (for the time) life choice.

During the Great Depression, Chattanooga native Grace McCallie Divine made an unconventional (for the time) life choice.

In the late summer of 1975, Chattanooga was abuzz about a new city park.

Don Tucker of Chattanooga said he waited two years to telephone the newspaper with a story idea.

I expected to dislike Trader Joe's.

This 1975 photo of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga cheerleaders is a bit of a mystery.

A note from the author: About this time a year ago, our 19-year-old son, Keeling, packed his blue Toyota truck and left Signal Mountain for college in Alabama.

On the second Tuesday of each month, 42 women gather at noon at the Fairyland Club on Lookout Mountain to keep a century-old tradition.

For the last 16 years, our family life has revolved around youth sports: a seemingly endless calendar of practices, games and out-of-town tournaments.

When Charlie and Courtnay McGinness married in 2005, they had an agreement. He desperately wanted to own a business and she really wanted to have babies.

It's rare that a news photo contains irony. And for that matter, it's rare that a news photo features an opossum.
